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Spencer Kelly reports from the Robots and Avatars exhibition on how the virtual and real world are merging.

Simon Cowell has admitted revelations in his unofficial biography caused him to bury his head in a pillow.

Confusion reigns among industry's 'foot soldiers'

How much does it take to be suspected of smuggling aliens? Not much. United States v. Castillo-Gamez, 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 8180 (11th Cir. April 24, 2012)*:

Here, the district court properly concluded that Barrientos had a reasonable suspicion that the minivan carried illegal aliens. As Barrientos testified, the minivan had out-of-state license plates, tinted windows, and appeared to be weighted down. Barrientos knew that smugglers often used I-95 to avoid the cameras and tolls on the Florida Turnpike. And when he pulled along side the minivan, Barrientos noticed that Castillo-Gamez appeared stiff and did not make eye contact. Considering these facts together, Barrientos had a reasonable suspicion that the minivan contained illegal aliens. See Bautista-Silva, 567 F.3d at 1272-74.

Defendant couldn’t appeal the search issue in his guilty plea without a conditional plea. United States v. Dorsey, 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 8213 (5th Cir. April 24, 2012).*

HAVANA (AP) -- Conrado Marrero can still remember the crisp feeling of slipping on his Washington Senators uniform, and the surge of adrenaline he got staring down Mickey Mantle, Ted Williams and other major league batters. But the diminutive right-hander's glory days are a world - and a revolution - away....

NEW DELHI (AP) -- A report from a U.N. demining expert says unexploded cluster munitions have been found in northern Sri Lanka, appearing to confirm, for the first time, that they were used in that country's long civil war....

Former All Blacks assistant coach Wayne Smith ponders whether to accept a coaching role with England, with Mike Catt set to take a temporary role on the South Africa tour.

BAGHDAD (AP) -- By the time Ibrahim Khaled Mohammed turned to a car dealer looking for an offer, his 1983 Volkswagen Passat could barely move....

TOKYO (AP) -- Analysts who have studied photos of a half-dozen ominous new North Korean missiles showcased recently at a lavish military parade say they were fakes, and not very convincing ones, casting further doubt on the country's claims of military prowess....

GENEVA (AP) -- A United Nations panel has approved another $1 billion in compensation for victims of Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait....

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi said Thursday she was hopeful a dispute over Myanmar's legislative oath would be overcome soon, calling it a "technical problem" that should not end in political deadlock....

Defendant’s Franks claim was based on speculation and is unsupported by the tenor of the affidavit. If the officers had looked at his laptop and seen the child pornography, that would have only strengthened the probable cause, and it didn’t. United States v. Miller, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 56878 (W.D. Va. April 24, 2012).*

Defendant’s evasive behavior in replacing the license plate on his car to avoid detection when was being investigated for a grow operation was reasonable suspicion. When officers stopped him, he was cooperative and admitted what he was doing. United States v. Valerio, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 57038 (S.D. Fla. April 24, 2012).*

Defense counsel was not ineffective for not challenging the delay during a stop where it took time for the owner of the car to arrive or in challenging a stop based on a clear speeding violation. Owens v. United States, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 56416 (M.D. Pa. April 23, 2012).*

Actor Ewan McGregor and director Andrea Arnold join fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier as members of the jury panel selecting this year's Palme d'Or.

Two people are killed on the M1 when a lorry and a van crash between junctions 13 and 14.

The Pakistani Supreme Court convicts Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani of contempt but gives him just a symbolic sentence that will not require him to serve time in prison.

Two suspected tornadoes hit a residential area in Warwickshire and a hamlet in north Essex, uprooting trees and killing 20 chickens.

RENO, Nev. (AP) -- Robert Ward has been hunting and collecting meteorites for more than 20 years so he knew he'd found something special in the Sierra foothills along the path of a flaming fireball that shook parts of Northern California and Nevada with a sonic boom over the weekend....

The Arab League called an emergency meeting Thursday in Cairo where its ministers will discuss Syria's fragile truce that shows signs of unraveling.

Barclays sets aside an extra £300m for settling claims of mis-selling payment protection insurance, but says it made an "encouraging" start to 2012.

First Minister Alex Salmond is expected to face questions at Holyrood later over his relations with Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation.